FEBRUARY 24, 2023
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Directed By: Elizabeth Banks
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cocaine Bear
Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner’s plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild thriller finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow… and blood.
Starring: Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Christian Convery, Alden Ehrenreich, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Margo Martindale, Matthew Rhys, and Ray Liotta
Genre: Comedy | Thriller
Rating: R (for bloody violence and gore, drug content and language throughout)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 95 minutes
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Directed By: Miles Warren
Studio: Onyx Collective + Hulu
Bruiser
14-year-old Darious explores the boundaries of his manhood with Malcolm, his strict but loving father, and Porter, a charismatic drifter. When Darious learns Porter’s true identity, he is thrust into a conflict between the two men.
Starring: Trevante Rhodes, Shamier Anderson, Jalyn Hall and Shinelle Azoroh
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 97 minutes
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Directed By: Katherine Dudas
Studio: Greenwich Entertainment
Juniper
When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Marton Csokas, George Ferrier, and Edith Poor
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: New Zealand (English)
Runtime: 94 minutes
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Directed By: Colin West
Studio: Shout! Studios
Linoleum
When the host of a failing children’s science show tries to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut by building a rocket ship in his garage, a series of bizarre events occur that cause him to question his own reality.
Starring: Jim Gaffigan, Rhea Seehorn, Katelyn Nacon, Gabriel Rush, Amy Hargreaves, Michael Ian Black, and Tony Shalhoub
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 101 minutes
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Directed By: Eric Appel
Studio: Prime Video
Die Hart
Kevin Hart tries to keep from being pigeonholed as a comedy wingman and attends an action hero school run by Ron Wilcox, where he must learn the ropes to become one of the industry’s most coveted action stars.
Starring: Kevin Hart, Nathalie Emmanuel, John Travolta, Jean Reno, Josh Hartnett, and Milana Vayntrub
Genre: Action | Comedy | Thriller
Rating: TV-MA
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 78 minutes
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Directed by: Ben Epstein
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
Who Are You People
After a botched attempt to seduce her English teacher, 16-year-old Alex runs away from boarding school to seek out the biological father her mother always kept hidden and learn the dark secret of her roots.
Starring: Ema Horvath, Devon Sawa, Yeardley Smith, John Ales, and Alyssa Milano
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 104 minutes
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Directed by: Daniel Antebi
Studio: IFC Films
God’s Time
Best friends and recovering addicts Dev (Ben Groh) and Luca (Dion Costelloe) are secretly in love with fellow addict Regina (Liz Caribel). At every meeting they hear her share her wild fantasy to kill her evil ex-boyfriend. But one day she changes her share; now she sounds serious. This sets Dev and Luca off on a 24-hour odyssey through pandemic-gripped New York City to stop Regina from making a life-shattering mistake. As their friendship is pushed to the brink, Dev and Luca realize their bond is unbreakable in this kinetic, vibrant debut from writer and director Daniel Antebi.
Starring: Christiane Seidel, Jared Abrahamson, Ben Groh, Dion Costelloe, Liz Caribel Sierra, and Natalie Woolams-Torres
Genre: Comedy
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 83 minutes
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Directed by: Jamie Payne
Studio: Netflix
Luther: The Fallen Sun
In Luther: The Fallen Sun — an epic continuation of the award-winning television saga reimagined for film — a gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Idris Elba) sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.
Starring: Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis, Dermot Crowley, Thomas Coombes, and Hattie Morahan
Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: R (for disturbing/violent content, language and some sexual material)
Country: USA | UK (English)
Runtime: 129 minutes
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Directed by: Tal Granit & Sharon Maymon
Studio: Roadside Attractions
My Happy Ending
Andie MacDowell stars as a famous actor who goes incognito to seek treatment for a medical issue. While at the hospital, she meets three unique and remarkable women — an aging rocker, a young mother, and a forever single retired schoolteacher. Together, they help her face adversity with humor and camaraderie while coaching her for the most challenging role she has ever played… herself.
Starring: Tom Cullen, Andie MacDowell, Miriam Margolyes, Tamsin Greig, and Sally Phillips
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Rating: R (for language and brief drug use)
Country: USA | UK | Israel (English)
Runtime: 89 minutes
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Directed by: Juan Jesús García Galocha
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Mummies
Mummies follows the fun adventures of three ancient Egyptian mummies who live in an underground secret city, hidden in ancient Egypt. The trio includes a princess, a former charioteer, and his younger brother, along with their pet baby crocodile. Through a series of unfortunate events, the mummies end up in present-day London and embark on a wacky and hilarious journey in search of an old ring belonging to the Royal Family, which was stolen by the ambitious archaeologist Lord Carnaby.
Starring: Joe Thomas, Eleanor Tomlinson, Celia Imrie, Hugh Bonneville and Sean Bean
Genre: Animation | Comedy | Family
Rating: PG (for mild action/violence and some rude material)
Country: USA | Spain (English & Spanish)
Runtime: 88 minutes
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Directed by: Ruben Sainz
Studio: Buffalo 8
Magoado
Peio lives in hiding in Brazil, something is tormenting him. The unexpected appearance of his adolescent son whom he did not know, makes him rethink his life. Quite a challenge for him, who neither knows how nor wants to act as a father.
Starring: Dorleta Urretabizkaia, Diego Álvarez, Aram Rockenbach, Mario Souza, Valeria Berrotaran, and Alex Tello
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Spain (Spanish & Portuguese)
Runtime: 76 minutes
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Directed by: Mark Earl Burman
Studio: Saban Films
Ambush
Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Vikings) star in this intense, gritty and action-packed Vietnam War epic. When a small outpost is ambushed, a US Army squad must take the battle below ground on a high-stakes mission in a new type of warfare the likes of which they have never seen.
Starring: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Connor Paolo, Aaron Eckhart, Jason Genao, Mac Brandt, Jordan Johnson-Hinds, and Patrick Walker
Genre: Action | Thriller
Rating: R (for violence, some bloody images, and language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 104 minutes
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Directed by: Adrian Langley
Studio: Blue Fox Entertainment
Bunker
Trapped in a bunker during World War I, a group of soldiers are faced with an ungodly presence that slowly turns them against each other. As paranoia and fear grow between them, the men experience the true hell of war.
Starring: Luke Baines, Kayla Radomski, Sean Cullen, Roger Clark, Julian Feder, and Eddie Ramos
Genre: Horror | Thriller
Rating: R (for violence, gore and some language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 108 minutes
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Directed By: Jon Erwin & Brent McCorkle
Studio: Lionsgate
Jesus Revolution
The true story of a national spiritual awakening in the early 1970’s and its origins within a community of teenage hippies in Southern California.
Starring: Jonathan Roumie, Nicholas Cirillo, Kelsey Grammer, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, and Joel Courtney
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG-13 (for strong drug content involving teens and some thematic elements)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 120 minutes
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Directed By: Rob Grabow, Andrew McGinn, & Michael Peterson
Studio: Nova Vento Entertainment
The Year of the Dog
Matt, a loner alcoholic at rock bottom, struggles to maintain sobriety for 30 days so he can honor his mother’s dying wish, to visit her in hospice, sober. His book-thumping AA sponsor, Fred, offers him refuge at his farm, where Matt finds Yup’ik, a stray Husky with a unique talent. The man and dog relationship is precarious at first, but with the help of a close-knit Montana community, the two strays find a connection and discover what it takes to pull through to the finish line.
Starring: Rob Grabow, Michael Spears, Jon Proudstar, Alyssa Groenig, and Jeff Medley
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG-13 (for some strong language, and thematic elements)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 95 minutes
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Directed By: Eric Bendick
Studio: Grizzly Creek Films
Path of the Panther
A once-in-a-lifetime sighting triggers a deep dive into the uncharted world of the Florida Panther. It’s a race against time – to reveal the unseen natural history of an icon surviving in an ancient ecosystem.
Starring: Carlton Ward Jr., Betty Osceola, Elton Langford, Lara Cusack, and Brian Kelly
Genre: Documentary
Rating: PG (for some unsettling images and language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 89 minutes
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Directed By: John Lacy
Studio: Good Deed Entertainment
Rosebud Lane
When a Hollywood filmmaker receives a card from his young son whom he has never met, he makes the difficult decision to go see him. Their lives then take a life-altering turn as drama surrounding the boy’s mother unfolds in the small town.
Starring: Tyne Stecklein, Brad Abrell, Tess Harper, Paul Pape, Josh Daugherty, and John Lacy
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 104 minutes
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Directed By: Christopher Rucinski
Studio: BayView Entertainment
Northern Shade
Northern Shade is the story of Justin, an Army veteran wrested from isolation when his estranged brother goes missing. Joining forces with a local PI, Justin discovers that his brother has fallen in with a militia group. To save his brother from executing their final, violent mission, Justin must dredge up his Army past and reconcile his sense of purpose. Writer/Director Christopher Rucinski makes his debut with this taut pandemic-set thriller, winner of Best Narrative Feature at Fargo Film Festival.
Starring: Jesse Gavin, Titania Galliher, Joseph Poliquin, Alejandro Bravo, and Romano Orzari
Genre: Crime | Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 95 minutes
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